Mindful Living While walking one day, Jesus caught sight of a person who had been blind from birth. We can be confident that just as Jesus didn’t ignore him neither will he ignore us. The Lord considers us worthy of his attention. While this person had been blind from birth, the parable nonetheless speaks to…
Christian apologist Simon Edwards brings all his legal training to bear in defending the rationality of Christianity when it’s put on trial, writes Jason Osborne Former lawyer and now writer and speaker at The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA), Simon Edwards is taking aim at the myth that Christianity somehow runs against reason or…
It is not that easy being a mother Christina Malone While on holiday my four-year-old developed a very bad habit of whinging. If you have children, you might know it can be hard to ignore. My nine-year-old started to develop an attitude that makes you wonder what is going in her little head and my…
Sweet Treats Kiley Britten Take advantage of the last days of the summer season with this deceptively easy dessert. It can make for a final summer soiree or even to brighten a dreary day. Make sure to make it with plenty of time to spare, as the posset needs six hours in the fridge to…
Inventors of CRISPR gene editing appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences Pope Francis has appointed the co-inventors of the CRISPR genome editing technology to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, who discovered CRISPR fewer than ten years ago, were appointed to the Vatican’s scientific academy consecutively August 10-11. Their discovery sparked…
What is the Eucharist? What is supposed to happen when we gather to celebrate the ritual that Jesus gave us at the Last Supper and asked us to perpetuate until his return? Is this meant to be a family meal or a re-enactment of Jesus’ sacrificial death? Is it meant to look like the old…
Irish saints are, of course, not the only ones to have curious associations with birds and animals. Two remarkable instances are the lives of the Northumbrian St Cuthbert, and the even more remarkable legend of the Father of the Church, St Jerome. These are worth contrasting with our Irish saints. St Cuthbert and the otters…
The Sunday Gospel Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. This is the fifth and final Sunday when the Gospel reading is taken from John Chapter Six. It began with the multiplication of the loaves and fishes to feed the hunger of the physical body. This was a sign to move on to the second bread: Jesus…
Confession: I’ve developed a taste for dark thrillers – with plenty on Netflix, while Channel 4 has their Walter Presents series, where they show the first episode of a series on live television and then the full series online via All 4. Dark Stockholm Requiem (All Four) is one that is pretty dark, starting as it…
Lima archbishop proposes replacing priests with laity as pastors The Archbishop of Lima last month presented his proposal to replace priests with lay people in parishes in the Peruvian capital. Archbishop Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio said during a July 21 conference that he is asking the Vatican for permission for lay persons to be given…
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
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